Nepal Study Center

Amartya Sen on this century’s challenges: "..it's a question of taking an adequately broad view of economics, along with its neighboring discipline, and it's also a question of paying more attention to those who are most likely to lose when a crisis hits." (1998 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics)

What's New?

»Study abroad initiative: Lumbini Sustainability Circle [Click here]

»Sustainable Development Action Lab : Problem Driven Research and Research Driven Solutions [Click here]

»Sustainable Development Action Lab participation in SSE conference,2018 [Click here]

» Call for abstracts to be announced soon for Annual HPRC conference 2018 [Click here]

About NSC	Action Research Lab	Research
Through global connectivity, the Nepal Study Center (NSC) at the University of New Mexico (UNM) is dedicated to fostering intellectual collaboration and sharing knowledge with a dedicated focus and wider perspective on the socio-economic development and sustainability, health, technology transfer, and environmental issues of the Himalayan region and the countries in South Asia. For details click here	This Sustainable Development Action Lab is a learning opportunities that goes beyond the classroom settings. This is a need driven research of the communities of developing countries and aims to provide research driven solutions. For details click here	Focused on building research capacity, recruiting and mentoring graduate students, conducting public policy research, promoting collaborative research, conducting and coordinating visitorship programs. ¬Research projects ¬Graduate Studies ¬Visitorships

e-Journals

Workshops, Conferences, & e-Seminars

Research and Educational Collaboration

Journal outlets to disseminate discourse on development, democracy, and social change.

¬Himalayan Journal of Development and Democracy (HJDD)
¬Liberal Democracy Nepal Bulletin (LDNB)

¬Call for Papers for e-Journals: HJDD and LDNB

¬NSC Newsletter

- Development Journal of the South

Dissemination of scholarly ideas on development, democracy and public policies through its seminars, conferences, and workshops.

¬Annual Himalayan Policy Research Conferebnce

¬Workshops and e-Seminars

¬NSC Lecture Series at UNM

Academic scholarship and exploring possibilities of research and educational outreach program opportunities with Nepali and other international academic institutions.

¬Designing Liberal Democracy project with the University of Miami

¬Creating a Virtual International Environmental Research Institute: Developing Communities of Learners to Sustain Healthy Rivers

¬Establishment of Graduate School of Economics and Public Policy in Nepal (Exploratory inquiry sought from interested scholars.)

¬Smart Design, Smart Village: using information communication technology to fight poverty in the developing world

Working Paper

Community

The NSC's research repository initiative is designed to showcase academic research work on the Himalayan region, Nepal and the countries in South Asia.

¬Himalayan Research Papers Archive

NSC is dedicated to promote community linkages and efforts that are beneficial to the people of Nepal and the Himalayan regions.

¬Liberal Democracy Nepal: Deliberation and discussion of political economy ideas to promote liberal democracy in Nepal.

¬People2People tele-microfinance

¬Potential model villages for information-based micro-development